Gifted and talented youth

Gifted and talented children are those identified by professionally qualified persons who by virtue of their outstanding abilities are capable of high performance. Children capable of high performance include those with demonstrated achievement and/or potential ability in any of the following areas, singly or in combination: general intellectual ability, specific academic aptitude, creative or productive thinking, leadership ability, visual or performing arts, psychomotor ability.

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Services and Programs

• Research Family Partners
  Research Family Partners is a program that helps families connect with Vanderbilt Kennedy Center research studies in which they may be interested in taking part.

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Links and Resources

• Vanderbilt Programs for Talented Youth
  Seeks to identify and aid academically talented youth from diverse educational, racial, and economic backgrounds by providing academic enrichment and challenge, while fostering balance and healthfulness in their lives.

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In the News

• Teacher Magazine: Unwrapping the Gifted: NAGC 2010 Day 2
• VUCast: Peabody Dean Camilla Benbow testifies before Congress
• VUCast: Benbow Wins National Award for Work with Gifted Children
• New York Times: The new frontier for Title IX: science

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